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, The seat A and back B are connected together by webbing d, the upper edges of said parts, at 4the sidesv @auch `tates gags-tent @Hita Letters Patent No'. 81,659, 4dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVED SOFA-BEDSTEAD.

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T0 ALL' WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l

Be it known that I, M. K. MAXIMILIAN, of New York, in the county of New York., and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sofa-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to malte and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. A Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same, with the arms detached. Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved sofa-bedstead, and has for its object simplicity of construction, economy in the manufacture,l anda general neat appearance of the article.

In the accompanying sheet of drawingsv A represents the seat o r main portion of thel sofa-bedstead, the upholstery portion, a, being constructed in the same way as a spring-mattress, and the other part, b', composed oi' a wooden frame, in which a is secured. In'practicc, wooden legs are screwed into the under side of the part b. v 4

The back, B, of the sofa is also constructed likes. spring-mattress, c, and is-tted into a woden frame, cx

which adjoin each other, being thus connected. Y v

I' This webbing forms 'a superior hinge or joint, admitting ofB being raised to a vertical position to form-the back of the sofa, and also being lowered to n. horizontal position where the device is converted into a bedstead.

l C G are arms, which are each constructed of two wooden bars e e', framed together at right angles, they upper horizontal bar, e, being upholstered,j as4 shown at f. The lowerV end ofthe bar e is Asecured firmly to the lowerwooden part, b, of the seat portiomA, of the device. v

To the rear surfacewof the wooden frame c of the back B thereare attached two hooks, D D, which, *when* the device is adjusted as a. sofa, are: fitted in staples'or eyes, dx, iu .the rear ends of the horizontal bars e, (see iig. 1.) i l This device may be very cheaply constructed, even in an ornamental manner. It is composed ot` but-few 'gparts, and may be converted from a sofa into a bedstead, and vice versa, with the vgreatest facility.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Asofa-bedstead, composed of the twoparts A B, having vthei'rrupholstered parts, a c, connected together by webbing d, and having arms C C, constructed Vas shown, attached to A, and connected to B, when desired, in the' manner. set forth.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLocKLnY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

M. K. MAXIMILIAN. 

